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2nd January – On This Day In History
Born:
1973 Chris Woodruff (tennis player)
Died:
1977 Erroll Garner (pianist – Misty)
On This Day:
1919 Lithuania gains independence
Have a good Wednesday, 2nd January
31st December – On This Day In History
Born:
1937 Anthony Hopkins (actor – Silence Of The Lambs)
Died:
2015 Natalie Cole (singer)
On This Day:
1983 Brunei gains independence (from Britain)
Have a good Monday, 31st December
27th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1822 Matthew Arnold (poet)
Died:
1524 Vasco Da Gama (explorer)
On This Day:
1954 Laos gains independence
Have a good Monday, 24th December
21st December – On This Day In History
Born:
1948 Samuel L Jackson (actor)
Died:
1940 F Scott Fitzgerald (author – The Great Gatsby)
On This Day:
1923 Nepal becomes independent (was a British Protectorate)
Have a good Friday, 21st December
9th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1608 John Milton (poet)
Died:
1998 Archie Moore (boxing champion)
On This Day:
1961 Tanzania becomes independent (formerly Tanganyika, a British Colony)
Have a good Sunday, 9th December
1st December – On This Day In History
Born:
1949 Pablo Escobar (Colombian drug lord)
Died:
1973 David Ben – Gurion (founding father of Israel)
On This Day:
1918 Yugoslavia declares independence and establishes its monarchy
Have a good Saturday, 1st December
18th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1939 Margaret Atwood (poet)
Died:
2015 Jonah Lomu (famous rugby player, youngest ever All Black)
On This Day:
1918 Latvia declares independence (from Russia)
Have a good Sunday, 18th November
6th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1970 Ethan Hawke (actor – Dead Poets Society)
Died:
1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (composer – Swan Lake)
On This Day:
1844 Dominican Republic granted independence (by Spain)
Have a good Tuesday, 6th November
3rd November – On This Day In History
Born:
1949 Larry Holmes (boxer)
Died:
1954 Henri Matisse (painter and sculptor)
On This Day:
1918 Poland declares independence (from Russia)
Have a good Saturday, 3rd November
29th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1971 Winona Ryder (actress)
Died:
1618 Walter Raleigh (British explorer and scholar – beheaded for treason)
On This Day:
1923 Turkey declares its independence (was the Ottoman Empire)
Have a good Monday, 29th October
